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title: "7 Great Ship Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [A small leak can sink a great ship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-small-leak-can-sink-a-great-ship/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [“A small leak will sink a great ship.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/a-small-leak-will-sink-a-great-ship/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [A FOOLS MIND IS ONLY AS GREAT AS THE SHIP STUCK IN THE SAND](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cedric-rhynes/a-fools-mind-is-only-as-great-as-the-ship-stuck-in-the-sand/)

[CEDRIC RHYNES](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cedric-rhynes/)

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> [A great ship asks deep water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/a-great-ship-asks-deep-water/)

[George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/)

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> [“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-norman-2/the-captain-of-a-ship-can-run-a-great-ship-but-he-can-t-do-anything/)

[Matthew Norman 2](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-norman-2/)

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> [“Friendship is a great ship but not a titanic ship…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/self/friendship-is-a-great-ship-but-not-a-titanic-ship/)

[self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/self/)

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> [When a great ship is in harbor and moored, it is safe, there can be no doubt. But that is not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarissa-pinkola-estes/when-a-great-ship-is-in-harbor-and-moored-it-is-safe-there-can-be-no/)

[Clarissa Pinkola Estes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarissa-pinkola-estes/)

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